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Fantasy-production : sexual economies and other Philippine consequences for the new world order /

"Taking a feminist perspective on transformations in the Philippine nation in the context of globalization, Fantasy-Production provides a theoretical framework for understanding the nationalist and postcolonial capitalist logics shaping the actions of the Philippines as a nation-state. Tadiar p...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tadiar, Neferti Xina M. (Neferti Xina Maca), 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : London : Hong Kong University Press ; Eurospan, 2004.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Introduction: Dreams; PART I Fantasy-Production: Bodily Resources and Libidinal Dynamics of National Crisis and Development; 1 Sexual Economies; 2 Metropolitan Dreams; 3 Domestic Bodies; PART II Desiring History, Tangential Pursuits: Regimes and Heresies of Transformative Action; 4 Revolt of the Masses: National History as Psychology; 5 'People Power': Miraculous Revolt; 6 Himala, 'Miracle': The Heretical Potential of Nora Aunor's Star Power; Conclusion: Hope; Notes; Index.